Diseases

Infectious Arthritis

Arthritis caused by BACTERIA; RICKETTSIA; MYCOPLASMA; VIRUSES; FUNGI; or PARASITES.

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Abstract

Arthritis caused by BACTERIA; RICKETTSIA; MYCOPLASMA; VIRUSES; FUNGI; or PARASITES.

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11 entry terms
  • Arthritis, Infectious
  • Arthritides, Bacterial
  • Arthritis, Bacterial
  • Arthritis, Septic
  • Arthritis, Suppurative
  • Arthritis, Viral
  • Bacterial Arthritides
  • Bacterial Arthritis
  • Suppurative Arthritis
  • Septic Arthritis
  • Viral Arthritis

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36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with specific infection (IM) + site (IM)

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WE 344

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Infectious Arthritis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001170. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001170
  2. Infectious Arthritis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septic_arthritis
  3. Infectious Arthritis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q924421